The Punjab School Education Department (SED) has directed the Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board (PCTB) to print the Single National Curriculum (SNC) textbooks up to Class 8, making sure that the new books are available in the market by 1 April 2023.
According to the officials, institutions that want to utilize books besides the standard curriculum must first acquire authorization from the PCTB.
They add that schools that diverge from the SNC would suffer harsh penalties, including fines ranging from Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 500,000 for breaking rules and regulations.
The SED also intends to create an SNC syllabus for Classes 9 and 10, according to authorities, who added that the textbooks will be released before April 2024.
After analyzing the final core curriculum for secondary classes, the Center for Social Justice and the Working Group for Inclusive Education (WGIE) discovered that the modified curriculum did not include a majority of the changes proposed to the National Curriculum Council for English, Urdu, Geography, and History.
According to the WGIE, the Punjab government is neglecting educational losses caused by the pandemic and other circumstances and converting schools into seminaries, limiting the range of learning in science, mathematics, and social sciences.
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Most better would be to have a single curriculum across Pakistan which will suit all the students and it will bring an end to the high fee charging mafia institutions. This will help to have a uniform education and fee structure as well. It will be up to parents were to get the admissions for their kids. There will be no issue if parents are transferred from one city to another. Schools management has to make sure that the same prescribed course is covered in the period allocated for it across the country, so that no one suffers
RIP education. Now if someone wants to get a degree they should study online. Give O-level exam privately and get an admission in a university. There is literally no point in going to an expensive school other then it acting as a day care for teenagers and children.
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